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MCPS proposes multi-year meal price increases as food and labor costs outpace revenue
Summary
The MCPS food services department proposed phased meal-price increases (30¢ in FY27 and FY28, 35¢ in FY29) to cover rising food and labor costs for its enterprise fund, while emphasizing protections for students who receive free meals and asking the board to explore alternative revenue or county support.
Montgomery County Public Schools’ director of Food and Nutrition Services, Liz Leach, presented a three-year meal-price proposal on April 16 to address a growing deficit in the department’s enterprise fund driven by rising food and labor costs.
Leach said DFNS serves more than 18 million meals annually and has operated at a loss in recent years after pandemic-era funding and reimbursements were exhausted. The department recommended raising meal prices by 30¢ in both…
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